That shadow..by my side...

the heart sank...
the eyes got blurred...
another broken dream...
yet another path gone absurd..

i thought...if life knew...
that i am the weakest of all those faces...
why did it choose me again...
to show its evil phases...

they say...its my heart that smiles..
but today...i know...
its this very heart that wants to cry...
and its this cry..
that has helped me cover all those miles..

they say....its my eyes that say it all...
they speak of the dreams that i have built all along...
and again...i know...
that dreams are meant to be broken...
and would never be my own...

HE says....i am His own child...
he has been embracing me all this while...
He shielded me...He nurtured me...
and i always thought it was just my shadow...
that was by my side..

i say...to all those who spoke...
its my soul that has kept me alive ..

my heart has cried....
my eyes have dried..

but that shadow
is still by my side...